Roller for maps, charts, &amp;c.



H. W. PATTON.

ROLLER FOR MAPS, CHARTS 6w. APPLIO ATION FILED NOV. 15,1906.

901,035; Patented Oct. 13,1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

HERBERT w. r T oN, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

ROLLER FOR MAPS, GHARTS, 8cc.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed November 15, 1906. Serial No. 343,634.

reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, in W ich like lettersrefer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap and convenient rollerfor the ends of maps, charts, and the like.

The nature of the invention will be under stoodfrom the accompanyingdrawings and the following descri tion and claims.

In the drawings igure 1 is an elevation of a map with said rollersthereon. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same rolled in a compact formfor shipment. Fi 3 is a central transverse section on an e arged scalethrough the upper roller and one end of the map in its condltion beforeit is put into use. Fig. 4 is the same as Fig. 3 after the hanger hasbeen turned up for use.

In detail 10 is a ma chart, or the like, provided with a top ro ler 11and a bottom roller 12. These rollers are made of metal and are tubularso that they are extremely light and yet sufliciently strong. They are paced on the map by a machine that grips the edge 13 of the roller andalso the edge or end of the map, and then both map and metal sheet areturned into a tube with the free or outer edge of the tube overlappingthe edge on which the part 13 is secured, and at the same time theoverlapping portions of said tube are pressed together so as 'to bindand hold the map in place. When secured on the map, the tube has theform shown in Fig. 3 in cross-section with the portion 13 eX- tendinginwardly flange-like.

In shipment the map is coiled on both rollers substantially equally, asshown in Fig. 2, which makes a very compact arrangement. When in use,the hanger 14 which, before the roller had been secured to the map, hadbeen cut out, is turned up as shown in Fig. 4, and

it has a hole through it to pass over a nail. Before use, however,during shipment, the hanger is left turned down, as shown in Fig. 3, sothat the map may be rolled on it.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a metal roller formed of a sheet of metal coiled tomake a tube with its edges overlapping each other and pressing againsteach other when nothing is between them, and a map, chart or the likewith its end coiled within said roller and in frictional engagement withthe entire inner surface thereof.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

HERBERT W. PATTON.

Witnesses N. ALLEMONG, H. B. MoOoRD.

